Management pathway for congenital heart disease at Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 84, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 312-317

  Awori, M N ^a   Ogendo, S W O ^a   Gitome, S W ^a   Ong'Uti, S K ^a   Obonyo, N G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL PATHWAY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; ECONOMICS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; INFANT; KENYA; MALE; PATIENT CARE; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIOECONOMICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; CRITICAL PATHWAYS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; INFANT; KENYA; MALE; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POVERTY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 34548416206     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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